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    AMD Athlon X4 950 vs Intel Core i3-4160T

    AMD Athlon X4 950
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD Athlon X4 950
    Intel Core i3-4160T
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
    Intel Core i3-4160T

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160T
      130%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160T
      155%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4160T
      105%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160T

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 55% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    5% higher multi threaded performance.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 950.
    Around 30% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-4160T

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4160T

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 950Intel Core i3-4160T
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI
    TSX
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 950Intel Core i3-4160T
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsHaswell
    Release DateSep 2016vsJul 2014

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 950Intel Core i3-4160T
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4400

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 950Intel Core i3-4160T
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 950Intel Core i3-4160T
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 950Intel Core i3-4160T
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      2622 points
    • Intel Core i3-4160T
      3472 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      8404 points
    • Intel Core i3-4160T
      8332 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
      80.52
    • Intel Core i3-4160T (simulated)
      125.59

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
      293.82
    • Intel Core i3-4160T (simulated)
      310

    points - higher is better

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